May 2022 Final

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Refaming our Family’s Stories

In each family, communty and time there are helpful and hurtful stories passed on. We incorporate these stories in how we react and show up in the world. Being aware...

Personal Space Exercise Video

Being aware of your own personal space is a core building block for a sense of well being! How do you define or recognize your personal space? Have you ever...

Self-Soothing Exercises 1

A 5 minute video demonstrating simple ways you can help sooth your nervous system using touch and massage on your ears . These exercises are easy to remember and do...

Busy mind meditation and visualization

Elizabeth leads a brief exercise that helps you gain distance from the activity of your thinking. ...

ADHD Webinar with Dr. Frei

Dr. Frei presents a 2-hour overview of the common characteristics of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and how it affects everyday life. ...

Anxiety Scale

A worksheet that helps you link coping strategies with your anxiety level and symptoms. Building your knowledge about your anxiety and how you cope can decrease the impact anxiety has...

Writing for Mental Health: Be the Journalist of your own Life’s Stories

Elizabeth chats with journalist and writer, Tara Giroud, about the power of practicing journaling and writing for mental health. ...

Self Compassionate Messages to Balance out the Inner Critic

A written list of several commonly reported self-critical messages, and possible self-compassionate responses. Recognizing which critical messages often show up, can help us identify more kind and supportive responses. This...

A Space of My Own

A +10 minute audio focused on building awareness and connection to your inner experience so you can practice creating a protected sense of own space. In addition to helping build...

Coping with Triggers

A written outline describing steps you can take to cope with triggers that call up old difficult or traumatic stories or experiences. Learning and practicing the steps can give you...

Boundary Bill of Rights Audio

A 14+minute audio identifying 10 core boundaries rights to help you connect safely, respectfully and authentically. Learning about these rights can help clarify where we can build and protect our...

Blokes and Black Dogs Peer Support Group

Elizabeth chats with Carl Wahlers, the founder of the Lausanne-based Blokes and Black Dogs support group. This peer-to-peer group is for men who are needing support around mental health issues like...

The Realities of Practicing Self-Compassion: The Struggle is Real!

Elizabeth and Patricia discuss the practice of self-compassion and how, although it is challenging, it can benefit us in many ways. ...

Does avoidance play a role in your relationships?

Do you understand and know how you connect and function in relationships? Each of us have different relationship patterns which are strongly influenced by our earliest caring-giving relationships, leading us...

Do you have mixed feelings in your relationships?

Ambivalent-Attachment-Assessment- Download Do you sometimes expereince mixed feelings about relationships and being in connection? Do you find yourself longing to be close, but not feeling satisfied or comfortable with the...

Recognizing Healthy Relationships: 6 Elements of Secure Attachment

How we connect to others is influenced by our early relationship expereinces - how we felt safe, heard, seen, and able to reconnect when difficulties arise. There are certain key...

Guidelines for Coping with Triggers, Fragmenting and Dissociation

Sometimes we may find ourselves overwhelemed and disoriented or maybe having a really strong reaction to a situation that surprises us. This is usually a sign that we are "triggered"...

Identifying the Trickster in Self-Esteem…

A worksheet based on an exercise by Kristin Neff helping differentiate between self-esteem and self-compassion. The steps in the exercise identify on self-esteem which elements of our self-identity are linked...

What I Can Control…

A visual reminder of what you have control over and what you do not (even though you may want to). A lot of stress and suffering is due to us...

ADHD in Adulthood: One Woman’s Journey

ADHD advocate Renée McClure shares her ADHD story, and some of the resources that she found useful along the way. If you have any questions for Renée about her journey...

Self-Compassion Break

Self Compassion Break A 7 minute audio guiding you through a compassionate break for in difficult situations. ...

The Five Senses Grounding Exercise

Stéphanie leads a brief but effective grounding exercise that may help you to come back to the present moment when you're feeling overwhelmed. ...

The Five-Finger Breathing Exercise with Stéphanie

Stéphanie leads a short breathing exercise that both adults and kids may enjoy ...

Meditation for Intense Worry

A 2 minute guided meditation for when you are struggling with lots of worry led by Dr. Elizabeth Frei ...

Dealing with distressing thought spirals

A 3 min guided audio by Dr. Elizabeth Frei

Grounding when feeling panicked

A 5 min guided audio for panic feelings by Elizabeth

Anxiety Balloon Meditation

Elizabeth guides a simple visualisation exercise

c2gether Podcast Episode #4, Kids and household chores

In this episode, Elizabeth interviews Stéphanie Goffaux, a psychologist who works with kids and their families to set up systems that help kids participate more actively in family and household...